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It’s time to stop the music. It’s time to dim the lights. After 34 years of running at Walt Disney World, the curtains are falling in MuppetVision 3D. The final day of viewing the presentation is Saturday, June 7th. The attraction is closed to create a planned “Monsters, Inc.” space in the Grand Avenue area of Disney’s Hollywood Studios theme park. Premiered in 1991, the show is a special effect film enhanced by several animatronics, taking park guests on a tour of Muppet Studios, which prepares a gorgeous celebration with musical numbers, fireworks. Muppet-style chaos continues. I tried to incorporate…
Will Nicole Scherzinger, sizzling in “Sunset Blvd.,” beat out Audra McDonald, who made Rose a metaphor for the tragic human condition? Could Jonathan Groff, a knockout Bobby Darin, win back-to-back kudos? Might Sadie Sink of “John Proctor Is the Villain” be sunk by the wild-eyed Laura Donnelly of “The Hills of California” or the ever-savvy Mia Farrow of “The Roommate,” even though all three women played equally terrifying characters? These and many other questions will be answered on Sunday at the Radio City Music Hall in New York, where host Cynthia Erivo will present the 78th annual Tony Awards (beginning at…
Associated Press Business Writer Michelle Chapman Procter & Gamble will cut up to 7,000 jobs or roughly 6% of the global workforce over the next two years as Tide Detergent and Pampers diaper manufacturers tackle customers who are worried about tariff-related costs and the economy. The work cuts announced at the Deutsche Bank Consumer Conference in Paris on Thursday account for around 15% of the current non-manufacturing workforce, according to Chief Financial Manager Andre Schulten. “This rebuild program is an important step to ensure our ability to provide long-term algorithms over the next two to three years,” Schulten said. “But…
Every year, at this point, in quiet contemplation, I consider Robert F. Kennedy’s extraordinary life, the hope and promise that he has embodied. He was a hero of my childhood and a means to pilot it in my adult life. In an age where Americans feel so detached, destroyed by tribalism, worried about achieving their goals and the future of democracy, it is important to look back at this part of our country’s history and what this amazing person meant. William McKeekin (Provided)We were a working class Irish Catholic family. As a little boy, a portrait of President John F.…
Fun Spot Again is celebrating its Saturday birthday with a one-day sale with one-day tickets available on future dates. It’s the attraction’s 27th birthday, so we sell a one-day pass for $27. A daily pass usually sells for $69.95. Online sales begin midnight on Saturday and end at 11:59pm. Contracts can be purchased in fun locations during normal business hours on Saturdays. Passes sold at this time are valid until June 6th, 2026. Passes are fun places in Orlando, Kissimmee and Atlanta, offering day-long access to the attractions’ roller coasters, go-kart tracks and other rides. Sky Coaster tickets can be…
Merritt Island, Fla. — Two people died Wednesday after a massive crane collapsed at a construction site for the new Central Florida Hospital, officials said.The collapse occurred on the site of the new Cape Canaveral Hospital on Merritt Island, on the Atlantic coast, about 60 miles east of Orlando.The two were taken to a nearby hospital and later died, said Todd Goodyear, a spokesman for the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office. Authorities did not immediately identify the victim.The area was hit by rain and strong winds Wednesday afternoon, but the exact cause of the collapse was under investigation.The Cape Canaveral Hospital…
ANNE M. Peterson, Associated Press Sports Bra, the country’s first sports bar dedicated to women’s sports, has expanded to four new locations: Boston, Indianapolis, Las Vegas and St. Louis. The original sports bra, which opened in Portland, Oregon in April 2022, was the brainchild of entrepreneur Jenny Nuguen, who wanted to create a space to celebrate women and girls in sports. File – Customer departs Sports Bra Sports Bar in Portland, Oregon on April 24, 2024 (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File) Since then, other women-centric sports bars have been born nationwide, including Denver’s 99ers sports bar, Seattle’s Rough & Tumble, and…
David Jolly last month played a round of state and national media and announced he would run for governor of Florida in 2026. It’s no one’s guess whether a former Pinellas County council member is 52 years old who can win. But he looks clearly on the hurdles and is comfortable armed with a wise agenda. He certainly tests voters’ appetites for seriousness and politeness.Jolie was a longtime aide to Pinellas Republican Rep. CW Bill Young after the death of his former boss in 2013 and ultimately won the election to Young’s seat. Jolie lost her seat to former Republican…
Last week, an award-winning chef who was planning a $1.5 million renovation of a shuttered fast food restaurant on West Colonial Drive was inexplicably changed, destroying the building without notice to the city of Orlando and began working on the new structure without permission. Amit Kumar, who paid $1.1 million to Dr. 744 W. Colonial’s former Burger King last year, has not returned calls or emails from Growth Spotter about the project. He previously said he plans to convert the building into a test kitchen for a limited-seat restaurant offering an expanding portfolio of Indian restaurants and a five-course chef…
More than $5.5 million will be directed towards six cultural organisations’ major projects after Orange County commissioners unanimously approved the annual Cultural Facilities grant. The grant comes as a relief to unstable arts groups working to increase uncertainty around public funding. This year’s state budget eliminated four major cultural grant programs in 2024 via veto from Gov. Ron Desantis, but it is still under discussion. And the tourism development tax, which currently funds multiple local art cultivation programs, including approved programs, is currently under the microscope, to discuss changes in its objectives. Tourism development tax, hotel 6% taxation, and other…